Open source here to stay says MySQL CEO Marten Mickos
As the CEO of Sweden-based open source database vendor MySQL AB Marten Mickos knows about the role open source software can play in business and personal computing. Despite a growing acceptance of open-source software Mickos said Monday in a keynote speech at the first-ever Ubuntu Live Conference in the Oregon Convention Center in Portland Oregon that there are also ongoing threats to open source development.

July 24, 2007 @ 9:19 AM · Filed under Uncategorized
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Marten Mickos - State of MySQL AB
The shift in the technology industry from closed source to open source has provided new entrance opportunities for smaller players. Open source is ‘disruptive’ in that it disrupts inefficient models in order to properly respond to the new needs of the market. Marten Mickos CEO of MySQL AB discusses how implementing systems designed for user contribution creates an architecture of participation and innovation prevails. This program is from our Open Source Conversations channel which has a separate .

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Open source here to stay, says MySQL CEO Marten Mickos - Computer Partner
Open source here to stay, says MySQL CEO Marten MickosComputer Partner, Netherlands - 16 minutes agoAs the CEO of Sweden-based open source database vendor MySQL AB, Marten Mickos knows about the role open source software can play in business and personal …

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